Lumen Web Application Firewall vs. NGINX vs. Oracle Dyn Web Application Security Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lumen Web Application Firewall
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Lumen Web Application Firewall (WAF) delivers web application protection from attacks and helps prevent costly data breaches and downtime.N/A
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
NGINX, a business unit of F5 Networks, powers over 65% of the world's busiest websites and web applications. NGINX started out as an open source web server and reverse proxy, built to be faster and more efficient than Apache. Over the years, NGINX has built a suite of infrastructure software products o tackle some of the biggest challenges in managing high-transaction applications. NGINX offers a suite of products to form the core of what organizations need to create…N/A
Oracle Dyn WAF
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Dyn Web Application Security Platform extends beyond just typical Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities to offer Access Control, Bot Management, application DDoS protection and API security.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
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Features
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Application Servers
Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
Lumen Web Application Firewall
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Ratings
NGINX
8.7
32 Ratings
9% above category average
Oracle Dyn Web Application Security Platform
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Ratings
IDE support00 Ratings7.617 Ratings00 Ratings
Security management00 Ratings8.627 Ratings00 Ratings
Administration and management00 Ratings8.827 Ratings00 Ratings
Application server performance00 Ratings9.327 Ratings00 Ratings
Installation00 Ratings8.929 Ratings00 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Lumen Web Application FirewallNGINXOracle Dyn Web Application Security Platform
Small Businesses
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 9.0 out of 10
Apache HTTP Server
Apache HTTP Server
Score 9.1 out of 10
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
Score 9.3 out of 10
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Score 8.0 out of 10
F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
Score 9.3 out of 10
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Score 8.0 out of 10
F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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8.9
(50 ratings)
9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.1
(1 ratings)
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Usability
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8.3
(3 ratings)
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Support Rating
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8.1
(4 ratings)
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Configurability
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8.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Lumen Technologies
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F5
Nginx is well-suited for any web server scenarios, such as web applications, backend or reverse proxy for both application and HTTP requests, and distribution. It is less appropriate for Windows-based applications that run directly on a Windows Server host. In any case, it is very easy to manage, through separate conf files for each application or site you want to host with it.
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Oracle
Their technical team is great, their portal is easily the best of those I have reviewed it against (including Akamai, CloudFlare, and Imperva), and they are a dedicated technology partner through and through.
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Pros
Lumen Technologies
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F5
  • Very low memory usage. Can handle many more connections than alternatives (like Apache HTTPD) due to low overhead. (event-based architecture).
  • Great at serving static content.
  • Scales very well. Easy to host multiple Nginx servers to promote high availability.
  • Open-Source (no cost)!
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Oracle
  • Pre-populated rulesets - This allows engineers to quickly spin up new WAF instances without the need to configure extensive rulesets.
  • Detailed audit logs - Logs show detailed information about traffic hitting the WAF as well as information the rules allowing or blocking the traffic.
  • Change Management - Changes can be staged and applied when necessary, without interfering with current traffic.
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Cons
Lumen Technologies
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F5
  • Customer support can be strangely condescending, perhaps it's a language issue?
  • I find it a little weird how the release versions used for Nginx+ aren't the same as for open source version. It can be very confusing to determine the cross-compatibility of modules, etc., because of this.
  • It seems like some (most?) modules on their own site are ancient and no longer supported, so their documentation in this area needs work.
  • It's difficult to navigate between nginx.com commercial site and customer support. They need to be integrated together.
  • I'd love to see more work done on nginx+ monitoring without requiring logging every request. I understand that many statistics can only be derived from logs, but plenty should work without that. Logging is not an option in many environments.
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Oracle
  • The purchase of Oracle Dyn into Oracle Dyn continues to develop the company, and while the process maturity is wonderful, it is worth mentioning.
  • Many businesses were affected when their Express option was yanked from production too rapidly, resulting in significant costs and delays.
  • Full 360-degree traffic and data visibility with ADC analytics integration.
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Likelihood to Renew
Lumen Technologies
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F5
Great value for the product
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Oracle
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Usability
Lumen Technologies
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F5
This tool is really easy to use and configure. Consumes very less system resources. It is highly modular and configurable. You can easily use it with other tools like certbot for SSLs. You can configure basic security with configuration and headers
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Oracle
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Support Rating
Lumen Technologies
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F5
Community support is great, and they've also had a presence at conferences. Overall, there is no shortage of documentation and community support. We're currently using it to serve up some WordPress sites, and configuring NGINX for this purpose is well documented.
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Oracle
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Alternatives Considered
Lumen Technologies
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F5
I have found that [NGINX] seems to perform better throughout the years with less issues although I've used Apache more. I would definitely recommend [NGINX] for any high volume site and I've seen this to usually be the case from most provided web hosts who will pick [NGINX] over alternatives
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Oracle
After several years involved with the issue of cyber security and having been very close with distributed denial of service attacks, having used several companies to protect our applications, I decided to opt for Oracle Dyn Web Application Security Platform. Definitely, Oracle Dyn gives my organization the protection we need for our critical applications, far away from the other companies that offer similar services.
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Return on Investment
Lumen Technologies
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F5
  • By using Nginx, we can host multiple web services on a single server, keeping our infrastructure costs lower.
  • Nginx maintains our HTTPS connections, allowing us to keep our promise to our customers that their data is safe in transit.
  • Due to Nginx's extremely low failure rate, our web addresses always return something meaningful, even when individual services go down. In sense, this means we are "always online" and allows us to maintain brand and support our customers even in the face of catastrophe.
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Oracle
  • Has a user-friendly interface that is both informative and intuitive.
  • The client's websites are monitored round-the-clock by a staff that provides quick response in the event of any difficulties.
  • Deploying it is a breeze.
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ScreenShots

NGINX Screenshots

Screenshot of Overview of the NGINX Application PlatformScreenshot of NGINX Controller - MonitoringScreenshot of NGINX Controller - Configuration